I wonder if SFS files can be "loaded" using unionfs/aufs for full install users instead of copying files to system. That way they would be usable as in frugal install. I read something about adding branches and merging directories but I can't really figure this out. Any thoughts? If this is possible I could make script for "loading" SFS's, now there's task for some advanced users here
Can't be hard...
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Come on ppl, any clues? rxd from #puppylinux showed me examples of how easy is to mount modules with aufs on slitaz and i guess it can be used with unionfs, but commands i found don't really work, I guess that's because of how puppy's system is layered. Does anyone know if Barry is planing to use aufs in next puppy releases?_________________Dpup 487 | Puppy Gallery | My photo gallery | mtPaint works

ok yes you can mount office on /opt cause your sfs is made that way, but my sfs already has /opt/openoffice in filesystem so if I did that I would have /opt/office/opt/openoffice right? Every SFS is made with full paths. Thanks for links, I did try to mount sfs in /mnt then merge dirs with
mount -t unionfs -o dirs=/mnt/office=rw unionfs /
but it doesn't seem to work even that command is documented everywhere.
tazoc, thanks for links too I know about SFS installer I also made one I just wondered if there's a way not to copy everything from SFS to system since unionfs has option to mount filesystems together so you can use SFS as module on full install too, uncompressed._________________Dpup 487 | Puppy Gallery | My photo gallery | mtPaint works

I just wondered if there's a way not to copy everything from SFS to system since unionfs has option to mount filesystems together so you can use SFS as module on full install too, uncompressed.

Hmm Interresting,

1. I think a script not to install files from sfs to existing files is achievable (similar to the way I listed installed sfs as pet in sfs installer, only to compare the list to the existing ones and not to copy them) ...

but

2. is a mounted sfs usable, is questionable though, because it won't be in main filesystem, how the app will look for such needed shared libs, etc. say the mounted sfs app needs /usr/share/libs/xxx (included in the sfs), then it looks to /usr/share/libs and it's not there (because it's in the mounted sfs not in the main filesystem)

What you can do maybe, using my point no 1 , so that the existing files won't be replaced, install the sfs --> creating a list only of the installed files, then it can be removed later without deleting the shared files, as it was not listed as installed

If it can only be merged to unionfs then you're right...but I don't know if it is possible in full install....

Of course it isn't really a solution, but if most of the files in an sfs are in folders that aren't a normal part of your filesystem e.g. /opt/openoffice AND you don't need these folders to be writeable, you can always just mount the sfs and create symlinks where these folders should be._________________DEATH TO SPREADSHEETS
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OK, thanks guys, there are more SFS installers and tuts how to "install" SFS manually, but I'm pushing this cause I see that it's possible to do in linux and would make system ultra-modular and easy even for frugal installs, you could mount sfs with few commands without rebooting system and without puting sfs to /mnt/home or renaming to your puppy version.
But maybe it needs some tweaking for it to work in init, I guess only Barry would know if this can be done with unionfs and if it can be tweaked._________________Dpup 487 | Puppy Gallery | My photo gallery | mtPaint works

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